Empires
these are the empires in Mesoamerica
What are the Aztec, Maya and Inca?
Jesus, Bible, churched, Jerusalem, Pope, Catholics, Crusades
What is Christianity?
this kind of land form often a barrier that isolates civilizations
What are mountains?
institution in Western Europe had the most power during the Middle Ages
What is the church?
A precious metal, yellow in color
What is Gold?
paleolithic era
OLD stone age
humanity's shift from nomadic hunting/gathering to settled farming and animal domestication
What is Agricultural Revolution?
ruling authority of China’s ancient dynasties was based on the
what is Mandate of Heaven ?
art form is most associated with the Byzantine culture
What are mosaics?
Mandate of Heaven was the right to rule in this region
What are rivers?
A disease that was spread by fleas and rats in trade from Asia to Europe, killed 1⁄3 of Europe.
What is the Black Plague?
best explains the migration of early humans
What is searched for new sources of food?
this is the belief in multiple gods/goddesses/deities
What is polytheism?
The church based in Constantinople, uses Greek as the language of the Church and Icons in prayer
What is the Orthodox church?
Nomadic warriors from Asia. The Golden Horde ruled over much of Eastern Europe
Who are the Mongols?
City state known for their focus on military
What is Sparta?
Apollo, Zeus, Hera, Hercules
What is Greek Mythology?
What are the Himalayas?
The language of the Catholic church. Is not spoken by regular people after the fall of the Roman Empire
What is Latin?
The river that connects Eastern Africa to Mediterranean trade
What is the Nile River?
What is irrigation?
Local lords had the most political power.
What is the feudal system?
Archipelago off the coast of Russia and China
What is Japan?
Emperor Constantine influenced the traditions of Western civilization by
What is legalizing Christianity within the Roman Empire ?
Hebrews, Jews, Babylonian Exile, Moses, synagogues, 10 Commandments, Jerusalem, Wailing Wall
What is Judaism?
This sea served as a highway between Asia, Africa and Europe
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Hippocrates made important contributions in the area of
What is medicine?
regions were connected by the Silk Roads
What is East Asia and the Mediterranean basin ?
What is a peninsula?
The cause of the split in Islam after Muhammad's death was a difference of opinion concerning
What is leadership?
Family lines that rule a particular place
What is a dynasty?
this city was an obstacle to early Rome's control of the Mediterranean region
What is Carthage?
These two cities are important to the religion of Islam
What is Mecca and Medina?
What is the Arabian peninsula?
The Battle of Tours was significant because it marked
What is end of Muslim expansion into Western Europe ?
the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai benefited from being near the
What are the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
movement had the greatest influence on the Renaissance
What is Humanism?
major change caused by the agricultural revolution
What is Development of permanent settlements ?
Ancient cities in the Indus River Valley, no evidence of weapons.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
Rome's military conquests affect the economic and social structures of the
Roman Republic
What is the use of slavery?
China and Japan have these indigenous spiritual religions
What are Taoism and Daoism?
this is the homeland of the vikings
What is Scandinavia?
A part of the Vatican, the Central Catholic Church, the ceiling of this chapel was painted by Michelangelo
What is the Sistine Chapel?
Traveling by sea to meet and trade with other people/groups - practiced mainly by the Phoenicians
What is sea trade?
A structure built to protect China from the raids and invasions of the Mongols
What is the Great Wall of China?
When the Catholic church in Rome and the Orthodox Church in Constantinople split and refused to recognize each other
What is the Great Schism?
Emperor of China that ordered the building of the Great Wall of China
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
type of government was used in the Persian Empire
What is Imperial bureaucracy ?
Vedas and Upanishands
What is Hinduism?
this city served as the capital of three empires at different times and under different names
What is Constantinople?
Art with a focus on the beauty of the human body, still often religious, a rebirth of secular interest in artistic subjects
What is Renaissance Art?
Major trade route between India, the Arabian Peninsula and Eastern Africa
What is Indian Ocean?
A lower class, male citizen in Rome
A policy of questioning and torture to ensure that Spain was entirely Catholic
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
The location of the Gupta, Maurya and Aryan peoples
What is the Indus River Valley?